Heel.



' 11A. MURPHY.

HEEL. APPLICATION FILED 13110.10, 1913.

WITNESSES.- INVENTORT v 55; Jameafiww ATTORNEY.

Patented Dec. 22, 1914.

JAMES A. MURPHY, 0F HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASS'IGNOR O F ONE-HALF TOEIiGIE LOMBARD, 0F SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

HEEL.

Specification of Lettelzslatent. 1 1 1 1 D 22 19141 Application filedDecember 10,1913. .SeriaLNo. 805,780.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMEs A. Munrrir, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Holyoke, in the county of .Hampden and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHeels, of which the following is a specification. 1

This invention relates'to improvements in the construction of boots andshoes, and particularly in the construction of a heel. At the presenttime it is common practice, on boots and shoes, instead of having theentireheel composed of leather,.to have a portion of the heel made ofrubber or other I elastic material. I

One of the objections to applylng or securing the rubber heel in placeis that 1t takes considerable length vof time for the These projectionsare designed to enter the lowermost lift of the heel and further, theyare ldesigned to take the place of cement. That is to say, theprojection will hold the rubber and the leather parts together withoutemploying cement at all and whenthe heel is finally secured in place bymeans of nails the finished article is as rigid and firm as if cementhad been used.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a top plan view of the rubberheel, showing the projections and the upper surface thereof. Fig. 2 is aside elevation of Fig. 1, looking from the left,'clearly showing theprojections beyond the upper surface of the heel. Fig. 8 is a top plan.view of the leather which is formed with. openings to receive theprojections of the rubber heel. Fig. l shows the plan vlew after theassemblage of the leather 'and rubber. F 1g. 5 1s a sectional view on,the line 5-5 of Fig. 3-, showing the openings therein. Fig. is an edgeelevational view of Fig. 4, showing the rubber and leather assembled.Fig. 7 is a transverse sectional view on the line 7- 17 of the Fig. 4:,illustrating the projections of the .rubber part. located in theopenings of the Lleather part. Fig. 8 is a modification, showdug theleather part as comprising the single strip of leather having an openingin the .cententhereof, and the opening'in. the strip designed to receivethe projections of the .rubber: part and also. showing the nails orsecur ng means passing through the projec tions,- andthrough ,theopenings in the leatherastrip, whereby :the rubber is expanded by means:ofthe securing means to completely fill the openings inthe strip ofleather. Fig.,9jis .a detailed plan view of the leather-insert or strippiece. Fig. 10 is a modification.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 10 des gnates the rubber heelproper formed pith con cal pro ections 11 on .the upper surace.rl2. i

, 13:.designate's holes for receiving theusual securing means, 14,is'the leather or lift which is. formed with the openings 15 to receive,the projections '11 of the rubber heel and also the openings 16 whichregister with the openings 13, and through which pass the securing nailsor other device.

In Fig. ithe projections 11 are shown located in the openings 15 oftheleather lift. It will be seen from this construction that after theleather lift 14 and the rubber heel 10 are assembled and securely nailedto the heel of the shoe that the projections 11 will serve to retain therubber heel part 10 in place as etfectually as if the two members 10 and14 had been cemented together. 73

It is, of course, understood that the leather lift 14 is made slightlylarger than the rubber part of the heel; so that after the assembling orsecuring of the lift 1% and the rubber part 10 to the shoe the two canbe buffed orsmoothed down to an even surface to pr'esenta finishedappearance. This means of attaching a rubber heel saves a great deal oftime in that 'it is not necessary for thecement to dry before the rubberpart is attached to the leather part. The

piece 14 can be cut from an accurately formed die with the opening15therein, and

the rubber heel 10 can be furnished with the projections 11 and moldedtherewith and the repairer is only required to assemble the two partsand secure the same to l the shoe after the heel part has been leveledor removed a definite amount.

Referring to the modification shown in Figs. 8 and 9, the lift, part,instead of being I formed of as'olid member is made in' the form'of thestrip indicated at 17 and this strip is formed'with openings 18 whichreceive the conical shaped projections 13 of the rubber heel. The centerpart of the lift is left open as indicated at 19. In this form thesecuring means are driven through the projections 11 and also throughthe openings 18 of the strip 17. The purpose of locating the securingmeans indicated at 20 in the projections 11, is to expand the same sothat they will completely fill the openings 18 and thus secure a verytight fit 'between -the projections and the opening. Another advantageof this modification is that-an air space 21isprovided between therubber heel 10 and the part 22- of the heel construction. It is ofcourse understood that other .modifications and forms are comprisedwithin the disclosure already made,'i.and I do not limit myself to theform thatl'may use, and if found desirable ribs'in'; the upper surfaceof the rubber heel '10 may be used instead of projections.

These ribs may be of any shape or length desired, it being understoodthat correspondingly shaped openings will be formed in the lift'member14 to receive these ribs.

Referring to the modification shown in Fig. 10, the center portion 19,of the lift herein shown and described. i What I claim is: j

1. A heel construction, comprising an elastic inembermolded withprojections on the upper face thereon, and av lift member formed withopenings corresponding in shape with the projections to receive theprojections, the lift member, having openings therethrough for thereception of se curing means, as described.

2. A heel construction, comprising an elastic member formed withprojections on its upper surface, and a lift-member havingcorrespondingly shapedopenings to receive .the projections, the securingmeans for the heel being located within the projections,

whereby the projections will be expanded to completely fill the openingsin the lift member.

JAMES A. MURPHY.

Witnesses:

\HARRY W. BOWEN, H. E. HARTWELL.

